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ARDESHIR MOFTAKHARI, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Oklahoma State University
339 Engineering South,
Stillwater, OK 74078

Email: ardeshir@okstate.edu

Announcement: We currently have open positions for Ph.D. students in Fall 2024

EDUCATION

PhD Civil, Architectural Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
MSc Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran, 2016
BSc Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Iran, 2012

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Building Energy Analysis
HVAC System Simulation and Design
Grid-Interactive District Energy Systems
Building Environmental Control and Sensing Systems
Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality

PROFFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2022 - 2023: Postdoctoral Scholar, Pennsylvania State University
2017 - 2022: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
2013 - 2016: Graduate Research Assistant, K. N. Toosi University of Technology

RESEARCH PROJECTS

08.2022- 07.2023: Penn State - Smart, Sustainable and Resilient (SSR) Home Test Facility
10.2020 – 07.2023: DOE - Optimal Co-Design of Integrated Thermal-Electrical Networks and Control Systems for Grid-interactive Efficient District (GED) Energy Systems (With LBNL, NREL, CU Boulder, RPI and Amzur Technologies)
09.2019 – 03.2021: NSF - SBIR Phase II: Novel Composite Material for Sky Passive Radiant Cooling (With PC Krause and Associates Inc.)
10.2020 – 01.2021: Microbial VOC Analysis for Mold Growth from Air Conditioning Ductwork Using High-End IAQ Sensing Technologies
10.2018 – 07.2019: Enhancements in Cooling Capacity and Control of Hydronic Radiant Systems by Optimizing Panel Geometry (Sanken panels) & Elevating Air Movement (with Ceiling fans) (With CBE and Sanken Setsubi Kogyo Ltd.)
05.2018 - 09.2018: ASHRAE GIA - Improvement in the Operative Temperature Controller of Radiant Cooling Panels
09.2016 – 01.2019: ASHRAE- Experimental Verification of Cooling Load Calculations for Spaces with Non-Uniform Temperature Radiant Surfaces
10.2012 – 12.2015: Optimal Building System Design with Inverse Analysis and Stochastic Optimization Methods
08.2011 – 01.2012: Numerical Modeling of HVAC and District Energy Systems Design in Hospitals

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

08.2022 - 07.2023: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient (SSR) Home Test Facility
10.2020 – 08.2022: UT Austin Campus Energy Plant, Utilities and Energy Management
04.2019 – 07.2019: Controller Design of a Test bed for Evaluation of Ozone Removal Air Cleaning Devices (ASHRAE 1579-RP)
01.2019 – 01.2021: UT Roof Testing Laboratory
01.2017 – 10.2018: UT Thermal Façade Laboratory

PUBLICATIONS

See list of Publications here

AFFILIATIONS

Center for Integrated Building Systems (CIBS)

Building & Environmental Thermal Systems (BETSRG)